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gargle
[ gahr-guhl ]
verb (used without object)
gargled, gargling.
- to wash or rinse the throat or mouth with a liquid held in the throat and kept in motion by a stream of air from the lungs.
verb (used with object)
gargled, gargling.
- to gargle (the throat or mouth).
- to utter with a gargling sound.
noun
- any liquid used for gargling.
- a gargling sound.
gargle
/ 藞伞蓱藧伞蓹濒 /
verb
- to rinse (the mouth and throat) with a liquid, esp a medicinal fluid by slowly breathing out through the liquid
- to utter (words, sounds, etc) with the throaty bubbling noise of gargling
noun
- the liquid used for gargling
- the sound produced by gargling
- informal.an alcoholic drink
what was her favourite gargle?
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Derived Forms
- 藞驳补谤驳濒别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 驳补谤顎僩濒别谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gargle1
1520鈥30; < Middle French gargouiller to gargle, rattle the throat, derivative of gargouille throat; perhaps imitative
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gargle1
C16: from Old French gargouiller to gargle, make a gurgling sound, from gargouille throat, perhaps of imitative origin
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People swallow or gargle the brews to combat routine bacterial infections.
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I shouted, 鈥淭hey were never your family,鈥 but it sounded like gargles and whimpers.
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First, internet healers falsely suggested that gargling salt water and vinegar could prevent a coronavirus infection.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in the race and gargling a box of razors.
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"It sounded like he was choking, a gargling kind of noise," she said.
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